Table 8.

Microbiome results in the two study groups

		Test	Control	P value 1
		Mean (SD)
Bacteroidetes	Baseline	55 (19) ×10− 2	46 (24) ×10− 2	0.32
	Six weeks	62 (13) ×10− 2	38 (28) ×10− 2	0.04*
	Difference.	7 (17) ×10− 2	-8 (9) ×10− 2	0.002*
	P value 2	0.04*	0.04*
Firmicutes	Baseline	84 (7) ×10− 2	81 (11) ×10− 2	0.67
	Six weeks	88 (9) ×10− 2	94 (5) ×10− 2	0.06
	Difference	4 (6) ×10− 2	13 (7) ×10− 2	0.02*
	P value 2	0.07	0.01*
Firmicutes: Bacteroidetes ratio	Baseline	1.73 (0.74)	4.10 (6.85)	0.61
	Six weeks	1.32 (0.30)	6.96 (11.24)	0.01*
	Difference	-0.41 (0.71)	2.86 (4.46)	0.002*
	P value 2	0.11	0.01*

P value 1: Test compared to control (Mann-Whitney U test)

P value 2: Baseline compared to follow-up (Wilcoxon signed rank test)

*statistically significant at p value <0.05